Data Comics meet cricket data in the irrepressible “Data to Stories”
Want to know how to create engaging Data Comics? Love cricket? Then “Data to Stories” is the book for you. Here’s what analysts can learn.
Tag: charts
March 22, 2022
How a wider repertoire of charts gives Better Data Visualizations
Book review of the wonderful “Better Data Visualizations” from Jon Schwabish. How this book will help you expand your repertoire of charts.
How Gestalt design principles can improve your Data Visualisation
How Gestalt design principles can help you improve your Data Viz design and help make your charts more intuitive, inc. recommended resources.
Data Visualisation 2 – because there is so much to Data-Driven Design
Why Data Visualisation 2 (2nd Edition) from Andy Kirk will help you become a better data visualiser and what you will find in this important resource.
What analysts can learn from Storytelling with Data
A detailed book review of “Storytelling with Data” by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic. The Data Viz lessons it teaches, resources it shares & how it can help you.
#datavizlive part 2, Data Viz from testing to emotion & finally beauty
Why #datavizlive in London was great! Continuing my debrief. In #datavizlive part 2 I share lessons from dataveyes, Emma Cosh, Xocas & David McCandless.
How to avoid being deceived by the ways charts can lie
Book review of ‘How Charts Lie’ by Alberto Cairo and why all leaders & analysts should read it. Improve your graphicacy. Protect yourself from being lied to
More great Data Visualisation examples from this years awards
3 more great Data Visualisation examples from the winners of this year’s Information is Beautiful awards. Why I have chosen these to help your practice.
Factfulness – a suitable legacy from the great communicator Hans Rosling
Book review of Factfulness from the late great Hans Rosling. How this book will help you see the world more positively & improve your data visualisations.
Data Visualisation excellence, my faves from #IIBAwards 2018
This time of year we have another opportunity to celebrate excellence in data visualisation, at the IIB 2018 awards. The Information Is Beautiful (IIB) awards […]
Data Viz Award winners, sharing the best of Kantar’s IIB 2017
As data visualisation is a favourite theme on this blog, we’ve already covered the 2015 & 2016 “Information is Beautiful” (IIB) awards. Kantar’s leading, international, annual […]
Data Visualisation books – our third set of resources for you
During our month with more focus on Data Visualisation, we should not overlook data visualisation books. I hope our previous posts, focussing on Data Viz […]